Acupuncture relieves pain in emergency patients: Study
The world's largest randomised controlled trial of the use of acupuncture in emergency departments has found the treatment is a safe and effective alternative to...
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PharmaMar will commercialize PM1183 with the trade name of Zepsyre
(Pharmamar) PharmaMar (PHM:MSE) has announced that PM1183 (lurbinectedin), its third molecule of marine origin and analogue of Yondelis®, will receive the trade name of Zepsyre.
Among farmworkers, immigrants are less likely to use SNAP
Credit: UC Regents 2017 The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- formerly known as "food stamps" -- that helps low-income individuals and families purchase...
New international honor for professor Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi
Professor Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi of Centre Eau Terre Environnement at INRS received the Outstanding Scientist Award from the International Bioprocessing Association. This international award is...
New medication guidelines for rheumatic disease patients having joint replacement
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery In the first such collaboration of its kind, an expert panel of rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons has developed guidelines for...
UM chemist to study climate, health effects of wildfire smoke
Credit: Courtesy of Lu Hu MISSOULA - University of Montana scientists will fly straight into the smoke of western wildfires as part of a collaborative...
In Medicaid patients, fatal overdose risk rises with opioid dose and sedative-hypnotic use
June 16, 2017 - Among Medicaid patients taking opioids for chronic pain, the risk of fatal overdose rises steadily with daily opioid dose, reports a...
Research finds common household chemicals lead to birth defects in mice
Credit: Virginia Tech A new study at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech...
Save the Date: Leading acoustics meeting in Boston June 25-29, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 16, 2017 -- Science promises to sound more exciting than ever at this year's joint Acoustical Society of America and European Acoustics...
Antibiotics promote resistance on experimental croplands
Washington, DC - June 16, 2017 - Canadian researchers have generated both novel and existing antibiotic resistance mechanisms on experimental farmland, by exposing the soil...
Novel approach may improve valve function in some patients
WASHINGTON (June 16, 2017) -- Pulsed cavitation ultrasound can be used to remotely soften human degenerative calcified biosprosthetic valves and significantly improve the valve opening...
Building a better alligator: Researchers develop advanced 3-D models of bite data
Credit: Casey Holliday COLUMBIA, Mo. - The skulls of alligators protect their brains, eyes and sense organs while producing some of the most powerful bite...
Investigating emotional spillover in the brain
Life is full of emotional highs and lows, ranging from enjoying an activity with a loved one and savoring a delicious meal to feeling hurt...
I can hear you now: Clinic provides free hearing aids for low-income adults
Credit: Michigan Medicine Low-income people dealing with hearing loss just got a little hope. Doctors from Michigan Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck...
Obamacare key to improving access in Mexican-American patients with hypertension
The Affordable Care Act narrows the gap in care between Mexican-Americans and white Americans with high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease,...
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